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Kinetoscope   Listen
noun
kinetoscope  n.  An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; called also kinescope.



Kinetoscope  n.  An obsolete form of moving picture viewer, in which a film carrying successive instantaneous views of a moving scene travels uniformly through the field of a magnifying glass. The observer sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in a revolving disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision, give the impression of continuous motion. It has been superseded by more recent versions of movie projector and electronic video viewers.






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"Kinetoscope" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1886-1896 gave us the graphophone, the kinetoscope, the horseless carriage, the vestibuled train, the cash register, the perfected typewriter; the modern bicycle, which has deeply affected the life of the people; and a great development ...
— A School History of the United States • John Bach McMaster



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